It is home to about 35 villages and 25,000 people, many of Yup'ikEskimo origin and dependent on a subsistence lifestyle.

Wildlife

The refuge's coastal region bordering the Bering Sea is a rich, productive wildlife habitat supporting one of the largest concentrations of water fowl in the world. More than one million ducks and half a million geese use the area for breeding purposes each year. There are also very large seasonal concentrations of northern......Read More